Translingual
Han character
渠 (Kangxi radical 85, 水 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水尸木 (ESD ), four-corner 31904 , composition ⿱洰 木 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 633 , character 48
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17764
Dae Jaweon: page 1040, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1645, character 4
Unihan data for U+6E20
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
柜
*kaʔ
渠
*ɡa
磲
*ɡa
蕖
*ɡa
蟝
*ɡa
璖
*ɡa
巨
*ɡaʔ
距
*ɡaʔ
拒
*ɡaʔ
苣
*ɡaʔ
炬
*ɡaʔ
詎
*ɡaʔ, *ɡas
鉅
*ɡaʔ
秬
*ɡaʔ
粔
*ɡaʔ
駏
*ɡaʔ
歫
*ɡaʔ
矩
*kʷaʔ
榘
*kʷaʔ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *ɡa ) : semantic 水 ( “ water ” ) + abbreviated phonetic 榘 ( OC *kʷaʔ) .
Etymology 1
“ditch; canal; drain”
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ka ~ *k(r)a ( “ path; way; channel; ditch ” ) ; probably the same word as 衢 (OC *ɡʷa , “passage”) (Schuessler, 2007 ). Cognate with Tibetan རྐ ( rka , “ gutter; channel; furrow ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Definitions
(deprecated template usage ) 渠
ditch ; canal ; drain ; man-made channel (Classifier : 條 / 条 m c )
靈渠 / 灵渠 ― Língqú ― Lingqu (a canal in present-day Xing'an County, Guangxi, China, constructed in 214 BCE)
污水 渠 [Cantonese ] ― wu1 seoi2 keoi4 [Jyutping] ― sewer
( literary ) big ; huge
a surname
Usage notes
Unlike 溝 / 沟 (gōu ), which refers to both artificial and natural watercourses, 渠 (qú ) refers only to artificial watercourses.
Compounds
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Etymology 2
Attested since 4th to 5th century CE , preserved in many central and southern dialects (Schuessler, 2007 ). See 佢 and 伊 .
Pronunciation
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Definitions
(deprecated template usage ) 渠
( literary or dialectal ) third-person pronoun ; he ; she ; it
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
他 (“he”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
伊1 , 彼 , 其 , 厥 , 渠 , 夫 , 之 object , 乃
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
他
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
他 , 怹 honorific
Taiwan
他
Chengde
他
Ulanhot
他
Tongliao
他
Chifeng
他
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
他
Heihe
他
Qiqihar
他
Harbin
他
Jiamusi
他
Baicheng
他
Changchun
他
Tonghua
他
Shenyang
他
Jinzhou
他
Malaysia
他
Singapore
他
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
他
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
他
Tangshan
他
Cangzhou
他
Lijin
他
Weifang (Weicheng)
他
Weifang (Fangzi)
他
Changle
他
Shouguang
他
Wulian
他
Jinan
他
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Dalian
他
Dandong
他
Yantai
他
Yantai (Muping)
他
Qingdao
他
Weifang (Hanting)
他
Changyi
他
Gaomi
他
Zhucheng
他
Anqiu
他
Linqu
他
Qingzhou
他
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
他
Lingbao
他
Wanrong
他 , 伢
Linfen
他
Shangqiu
他
Yuanyang
他
Zhengzhou
他
Xinyang
他
Baihe
他
Xi'an
他
Dingbian
他
Baoji
他
Tianshui
他
Xining
家 , 他
Xuzhou
他
Pizhou
他
Lianyungang (Ganyu)
他
Donghai
他
Fuyang
他
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
他
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
他
Bayanhot
他
Lanzhou
他 , 那
Dunhuang
他
Hami
他
Ürümqi
他
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
他
Nanchong
他
Dazhou
他
Hanyuan
他
Xichang
他
Zigong
他
Chongqing
他
Wuhan
他 , 他家
Yichang
他
Xiangyang
他
Tianmen
他
Guiyang
他
Zunyi
他
Bijie
他
Liping
他
Zhaotong
他
Dali
他
Kunming
他
Mengzi
他
Guilin
他
Liuzhou
他
Nanning (Xiakuojie)
他
Nanning (Fujian)
他
Nanning (Wuming)
他
Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming)
他
Binyang (Nanjie)
他
Jishou
他
Changde
他
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
他
Hanzhong
他
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
他
Yangzhou
他
Baoying
他
Taizhou
他
Zhenjiang
他
Lianyungang
他
Huai'an (Huaiyin)
他
Lianshui
他
Xuyi
他
Xinghua
他
Nantong
他
Rugao
他
Yancheng
他
Funing
他
Sihong
他
Anqing
他
Wuhu
他
Hefei
他
Hong'an
他
Mandarin
Qinzhou (Longmengang)
他
Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)
他
Nanping (Yanping)
他
Cantonese
Guangzhou
佢
Hong Kong
佢
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
佢
Hong Kong (Shek Pik Weitou)
佢
Macau
佢
Guangzhou (Panyu)
佢
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
佢
Guangzhou (Conghua)
佢
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
佢
Foshan
佢
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
佢
Foshan (Shunde)
佢
Foshan (Sanshui)
佢
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
佢
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
佢
Zhongshan (Huancheng)
佢
Zhongshan (Nanlang)
佢
Zhongshan (Xiaolan)
佢
Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)
佢
Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)
佢
Zhongshan (Henglan)
佢
Zhongshan (Dongfeng)
佢
Zhongshan (Nantou)
佢
Zhongshan (Fusha)
佢
Zhongshan (Shalang)
佢
Zhongshan (Gangkou)
佢
Zhongshan (Huangpu)
佢
Zhongshan (Sanjiao)
佢
Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)
佢
Zhongshan (Minzhong)
佢
Zhongshan (Guzhen)
佢
Zhongshan (Banfu)
佢
Zhongshan (Tanzhou)
佢
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
佢
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
佢
Zhuhai (Doumen)
佢
Jiangmen (Baisha)
佢
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
佢
Taishan
佢
Taishan (Guanghai)
佢
Kaiping (Chikan)
佢
Enping (Niujiang)
佢
Heshan (Yayao)
佢
Dongguan
佢
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
佢
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
佢
Shenzhen (Pingdong, Longgang; Shehua)
其
Shenzhen (Pingshan Zhanmi)
佢
Qingyuan
佢
Fogang
佢
Yingde (Hanguang)
佢
Yangshan
佢
Lianshan (Butian)
佢
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
佢
Shaoguan
佢
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
佢
Renhua
佢
Lechang
佢
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
佢
Sihui
佢
Guangning
佢
Deqing
佢
Huaiji
佢
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
佢
Yunfu
佢
Xinxing
佢
Luoding
佢
Yunan (Pingtai)
佢
Yangjiang
佢
Xinyi
佢
Lianjiang
佢
Nanning
佢
Wuzhou
佢
Yulin
佢
Hepu (Lianzhou)
佢
Baise
佢
Qinzhou
佢
Beihai
佢
Beihai (Nankang)
佢
Beihai (Yingpan)
佢
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
佢
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
佢
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
佢
Danzhou
佢
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
佢
Penang (Guangfu)
佢
Singapore (Guangfu)
佢
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
佢
Móng Cái
佢
Yangon (Taishan)
佢
Mandalay (Taishan)
佢
Gan
Nanchang
渠
Nanchang (Wangcheng)
渠
Anyi
渠仂
Lushan
渠
Pengze
渠
Duchang
渠 , 渠儂
Wuning (Quankou)
渠
Poyang
渠
Yugan
渠 , 渠郎
Wannian
渠
Hengfeng
渠 , 渠仂
Yanshan
渠 , 渠仂
Leping
渠
Yichun
渠
Yifeng
渠
Gao'an
渠
Fengxin
渠
Shanggao
渠
Wanzai
渠
Fengcheng
渠
Xinyu
渠
Fuzhou (Shangdundu)
渠
Fuzhou (Dongxiang)
渠仂
Nancheng
渠
Nanfeng
渠仂 , 渠
Yihuang
渠
Lichuan
渠
Chongren
渠
Pingxiang
他
Lianhua
渠
Ji'an
渠
Yongfeng
渠
Taihe
渠
Xiajiang
渠
Yongxin
渠
Yingtan (Yujiang)
渠
Guixi
渠 , 渠仂
Jianning
使
Jinxian
渠
Jinxi
渠
Le'an
渠
Guangchang
渠
Anfu
渠
Suichuan
渠
Wan'an
渠
Jing'an
渠
Zhangshu
渠
Xingan
渠
Fenyi
渠
Hakka
Meixian
佢
Xingning
佢
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
佢
Huidong (Daling)
佢
Dongguan (Qingxi)
佢
Boluo (Bendihua)
佢
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
佢
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
佢
Wuhua (Huacheng)
佢
Wuhua (Meilin)
佢
Heyuan (Bendihua)
佢
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
佢
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
佢
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
佢
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
佢
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
佢
Liannan
佢
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
佢
Jiexi
佢
Changting
佢
Shanghang
佢
Longyan (Yongding)
佢
Wuping
佢
Wuping (Pingyu)
佢
Liancheng
佢
Ninghua
佢
Qingliu
佢
Yudu
佢
Ruijin
佢
Shicheng
佢
Shangyou (Shexi)
佢
Ganzhou (Nankang)
佢
Dingnan
佢
Longnan
佢
Xunwu
佢
Huichang
佢
Chongyi
佢
Xingguo
佢
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
佢
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
佢
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
佢
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
佢
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
佢
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
佢
Hong Kong
佢
Luchuan
佢
Bobai (Shahe)
佢
Bobai (Longtan)
佢
Bobai (Lingping)
佢
Bobai (Lingjiao)
佢
Sabah (Longchuan)
佢
Senai (Huiyang)
佢
Kuching (Hepo)
佢
Singkawang
佢
Bangkok (Meixian)
佢
Huizhou
Jixi
渠 , 渠仂
Dexing
渠
Chun'an (Qiandaohu)
渠
Jiande (Meicheng)
渠
Jiande (Shouchang)
渠 , 渠儂
Jin
Taiyuan
他
Yangyuan
他
Datong
他
Xinzhou
他
Lüliang (Lishi)
他
Changzhi
他
Taibus (Baochang)
他
Linhe
他
Jining
他
Hohhot
他
Baotou
他
Dongsheng
他
Haibowan
他
Erenhot
他
Pingshan
他
Zhangjiakou
他
Handan
他
Linzhou
他
Suide
他
Northern Min
Jian'ou
渠
Jian'ou (Dikou)
渠
Songxi
渠
Zhenghe
渠
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
渠
Jianyang
渠
Pucheng (Shibei)
渠
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
伊1
Fuzhou (Changle)
伊1
Lianjiang
伊1
Fuqing
伊1
Pingtan
伊1
Yongtai
伊1
Minqing
伊1
Gutian
伊1
Pingnan
伊1
Luoyuan
伊1
Fu'an
伊1
Ningde
伊1
Xiapu
伊1
Zherong
伊1
Shouning
伊1
Zhouning
伊1
Fuding
伊1
Matsu
伊1
Taishun
伊1
Cangnan
伊1
Sitiawan (Gutian)
伊1
Southern Min
Xiamen
伊1
Xiamen (Tong'an)
伊1
Quanzhou
伊1
Jinjiang
伊1
Nan'an
伊1
Shishi
伊1
Hui'an
伊1
Anxi
伊1
Yongchun
伊1
Dehua
伊1
Zhangzhou
伊1
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
伊1
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
伊1
Hua'an
伊1
Nanjing
伊1
Pinghe
伊1
Zhangpu
伊1
Yunxiao
伊1
Zhao'an
伊1
Dongshan
伊1
Taipei
伊1
Taipei (Wanhua)
伊1
Kaohsiung
伊1
Kaohsiung (Cijin)
伊1
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
伊1
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
伊1
Yilan
伊1
Changhua (Lukang)
伊1
Taichung
伊1
Taichung (Wuqi)
伊1
Tainan
伊1
Taitung
伊1
Hsinchu
伊1
Kinmen
伊1
Penghu (Magong)
伊1
Penang (Hokkien)
伊1
Singapore (Hokkien)
伊1
Manila (Hokkien)
伊1
Medan (Hokkien)
伊1
Longyan
伊1
Zhangping
伊1
Datian
伊1
Pingnan (Shangdu)
他 , 伊1
Guilin (Biyange)
伊1
Cangnan
伊1
Chaozhou
伊1
Shantou
伊1
Shantou (Chaoyang)
伊1
Jieyang
伊1
Haifeng
伊1
Bangkok (Teochew)
伊1
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
伊1
Singapore (Teochew)
伊1
Pontianak (Teochew)
伊1
Leizhou
伊1
Wenchang
伊1
Haikou
伊1
Qionghai
伊1
Singapore (Hainanese)
伊1
Puxian Min
Putian
伊1
Xianyou
伊1
Central Min
Yong'an
渠
Sanming (Sanyuan)
渠
Sanming (Shaxian)
渠
Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)
渠
Shaojiang Min
Shaowu
𠇼
Guangze
𠇼
Jiangle
渠
Mingxi
渠
Shunchang
渠
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
伊1
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
伊1
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
佢
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
他
Shehua
Jingning (Hexi)
渠
Wu
Shanghai
伊2
Shanghai (Songjiang)
是渠 , 實渠 , 渠
Shanghai (Jiading)
伊2
Shanghai (Chongming)
伊2
Suzhou
俚 , 俚倷 , 唔倷
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
伊2 , 伊奴
Wuxi
佗
Changshu
伊2
Nantong (Haimen)
他 , 伊2
Jiaxing
伊內
Jiashan
伊2 , 伊儂
Pinghu
伊儂
Haining (Yanguan)
伊2
Tongxiang
伊2 , 夷儂
Haiyan
伊2 , 葉內 , 候內
Changzhou
佗
Danyang
他
Nanjing (Gaochun)
他
Huzhou
是其
Changxing
是夷 , 夷
Anji
其
Deqing
夷
Hangzhou
他
Hangzhou (Yuhang)
夷 , 其
Hangzhou (Lin'an)
夷 , 是夷 , 其
Hangzhou (Fuyang)
夷 , 是夷
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)
夷
Tonglu
夷 , 是夷
Tonglu (Wusheng)
夷 , 他
Shaoxing
夷
Zhuji
其
Shengzhou
夷
Xinchang
其
Ningbo
渠 , 渠儂
Ningbo (Zhenhai)
其
Ningbo (Fenghua)
其
Yuyao
渠
Cixi
渠
Xiangshan
其 , 像其
Ninghai
其 , 其儂
Zhoushan
其
Taizhou (Huangyan)
渠
Tiantai
渠
Xianju
渠
Sanmen
渠
Linhai
渠
Wenling
渠
Wenzhou
渠
Yueqing
渠
Yongjia (Fenglin)
渠
Rui'an
渠
Pingyang
渠
Taishun
其
Wencheng
渠
Lishui
渠
Qingtian
渠
Jinyun
渠
Wuyi (Liucheng)
渠
Songyang (Xiping)
渠
Yunhe
他 , 其
Jingning
他 , 渠
Qingyuan
渠
Longquan
渠
Quzhou
渠
Suichang
渠
Jiangshan
渠
Changshan
渠
Kaihua
渠
Longyou
渠 , 渠儂
Jinhua
渠
Jinhua (Tangxi)
渠 , 渠儂
Yiwu
渠
Yongkang
渠
Pujiang
其 , 徐
Dongyang
渠
Wuyi
渠
Lanxi
渠 , 渠儂
Xiang
Changsha
他
Loudi
他
Shuangfeng
他
Quanzhou
他
Note
In spoken language, Chinese varieties in general do not distinguish gender/animacy in the third-person pronoun; distinctions are only sometimes made in writing. 佢 is commonly used in Yue, Hakka and Pinghua, while 渠 is more common in other varieties
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
渠
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
渠 (eum 거 ( geo ) )
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Vietnamese
Han character
渠 : Hán Nôm readings: cừ , gừa , khờ , cự
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